ARA Libertad (Q-2)



Name: Libertad
Owner:  Argentine Navy
Ordered: 13 November 1953 (from a 1946 project)[1]
Builder: Río Santiago Shipyard, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Laid down: 11 December 1953[1]
Launched: 30 May 1956[1]
Commissioned: 28 May 1963[1]
Status: Commissioned, in active service
General characteristics
Type: Steel hulled, full-rigged class "A"[2][3] tall ship
Displacement: 3,765 metric tonnes[4]
Length: 103.75 m (340.4 ft)[4] (hull 91.7 meters)
Beam: 14.31 m (46.9 ft)[4]
Draft: 6.60 m (21.7 ft)[4]
Propulsion: Pre mlu: 2 × Sulzer diesel engines[4]
Post mlu: 2 × MAN diesel engines B&W mod. 6L23/30-D, each with 6 inline cylinders and 960 kW at 900 rpm[5]
Speed: Pre mlu: 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h)[4] (engine power only)
Post mlu: 13.73 knots (25.43 km/h)[5] (engine power only)
Range: 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km) at 8 knots (15 km/h)[4] (engine power only)
Complement: 24 officers, 187 crewmen, as well as 150 cadets[4]
Armament: 4 47 mm QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss cannons

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